[PATCH RFC 10/22] drivers: base: Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init()

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:27:08 +0000
"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:00:19AM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 10:58:46AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 11/7/23 20:30, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:  
> > > > From: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> > > > 
> > > > NUMA systems require the node descriptions to be ready before CPUs are
> > > > registered. This is so that the node symlinks can be created in sysfs.
> > > > 
> > > > Currently no NUMA platform uses GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES, meaning that CPUs
> > > > are registered by arch code, instead of cpu_dev_init().
> > > > 
> > > > Move cpu_dev_init() after node_dev_init() so that NUMA architectures
> > > > can use GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
> > > > ---
> > > > Note: Jonathan's comment still needs addressing - see
> > > >    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230914121612.00006ac7@Huawei.com
> > > > ---
> > > >   drivers/base/init.c | 2 +-
> > > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >   
> > > 
> > > With Jonathan's comments addressed:  
> > 
> > That needs James' input, which is why I made the note on the patch.  
> 
> I'm going to be posting the series without RFC soon, and it will be
> with Jonathan's comment unaddressed - because as I've said several
> times it needs James' input and we have sadly not yet received that.
> 
> Short of waiting until James can respond, I don't think there are
> any other alternatives.

In the interests of expediency I'm fine with that.  (To be honest I'd
forgotten I even made that comment ;)

Jonathan

> 
> I do hope we can get this queued up for v6.8 though.
>